Name: Any Other City
Brand: Life Without Buildings

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TUGLP023

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r18483475]

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5018615432319

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

TUG023LPE

Clear

Clear with Black and Red Splatter.

[r28252525]

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format: Yes

2023-10-13

5018615432333

Clear LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

Artist

Life Without Buildings

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Rough Trade

Our curated collection of essential albums on vinyl, CD, and tape at Rough Trade.

Rough Trade Essential

Life Without Buildings were a Glasgow, Scotland-based indie rock band. Formed in 1999 by ex-students of the Glasgow School of Art, the initial members included Will Bradley on drums, Chris Evans on bass, and Robert Johnston on guitar. Painter Sue Tompkins joined as the vocalist later that year. The band took their name from a track by English new wave band The Durutti Column. Despite their short-lived career, Life Without Buildings left an indelible mark on the music scene before breaking up in 2002.

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Reissues

Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

Newest Listed Items

Any Other City by Life Without Buildings, the only album recorded in their brief existence, is repressed and available again.

Originally released on Tugboat Records (a Rough Trade affiliated label) in February 2001, Any Other City has slowly become a widely admired cult album. Life Without Buildings formed in Glasgow in 1999, they existed for 3 years and then split in 2002, having released just one album and 3 double A –side singles, yet they’ve continued to build a strong underground following in the years since, which has culminated in copies of the original album on vinyl changing hands for exorbitant figures and numerous musicians citing it as a major influence and inspiration.

Sue Tomkins’ unique vocal delivery which is somewhere between talking and singing, a kind of narrative, combined with the often spiky, coarse backing that the rest of the band provide, tends to prove magnetic after a few listens. Life Without Buildings managed to be utterly unique in the sound they made and ultimately that’s what has made this album’s reputation grow over time to be deemed absorbing, timeless and utterly essential listening.

LP+ - Comes with A4 Kraft envelope (Hand Stamped with "Life Without Buildings Any Other City" in Sue's handwriting and Rough Trade Logo)

Facsimile Sue Tompkins A4 Lyric Booklet (7 pages)

Any Other City

Music GB

Discover Any Other City by Life Without Buildings. The only album recorded by the band, repressed and available again on vinyl. A widely admired cult album with a unique sound that has become essential listening. Formats: LP. Label: Tugboat.